Your essential guide to World Cup vocabulary
The weather outside is frightful, but for football fans the most delightful time of the year is upon us – … Continued
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Pop Goes the Weasel: the magical language of nursery rhymes
When we are ickle, words can cast magic spells. Think Rain, rain, go away.Come again another day. And when we
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Soggy bottoms & baps: the proven glossary of The Great British Bake Off
With over 4 million viewers weekly, The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is a great British institution, famous for baked
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7 Extreme Weather Idioms
Around the world people experience many examples of extreme weather, such as tornadoes, blizzards, thunderstorms and heatwaves. These phenomena can
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A year of ‘permacrisis’
The 2020s have certainly seen their fair share of upheaval – and we’re only two years in! Already this decade
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8 wonderful words to mark Dictionary Day
As Rudyard Kipling once said, “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” At Collins Dictionary, we
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The return to Westeros: the essential House of the Dragon glossary
The dragons have landed. HBO’s much-hyped Game of Thrones prequel launched in August, and we are ready for things to
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Autumn traditions and their lexicon
For convenience, the weather people kickstart autumn by inaugurating it on 1 September. But the first astronomical day of autumn
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European Day of Languages
Monday 26 September marks The European Day of Languages. It was launched in 2001 by the Council of Europe at
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